back pay

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Pay received by an employee from an increase awarded retrospectively, and backdated.

Synonyms

back salary

back wages

Translations

Nachzahlung

αναδρομικές αποδοχές

rappel de salaire

Etymology

From back + pay.

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